Colossi of Memnon, Luxor (Thebes), Egypt Carroun House View of figures looking over

View of figures looking over the south side of Shoe Lane Bridge

Plate 6 from the paper 'Observations intended to show that the progressive motion of snakes is partly performed by means of the ribs'

XXX from Micrographia: or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses with observations and Inquiries thereupon

rings round their necks and elaborate headdresses

Middle row: Alan Curbishley

Colossi of Memnon, Luxor (Thebes), Egypt Carroun House View of figures looking overColossi of Memnon, Luxor (Thebes), Egypt, c1890. The twin statues depict the Pharaoh Amenhotep III and stood in front of his mortuary temple, which has been destroyed. Amenhotep was the 9th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Ancient Egypt. He ruled from 1391 1353 BC. Lantern slide.